Overstocking you tanks??

[lunner]

I thought I was overstocking my tanks...
Any of you guys overstock like this guy from HK?

Check this video out.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QltRpos0Frw

 

[Killerdrgn]

I can't see the video for some reason, anyone else have that problem?

 

[Lenny718]

Thats one busy tank lol

 

[Lenny718]

I can't see the video for some reason, anyone else have that problem?

Try reloading the page, worked for me

 

[Bob 1000]

My nano looks like that,, I have 7 vlamingis' and 3 brevirostris in it they get along well..
They are all dead.... I guess from oxygen deprivation... I guess next time I'll add an air stone..

 

[Lenny718]

:funnypost

 

[Killerdrgn]

ok I can see it now, had to leave the page and re-enter.
But yeah damn sucks for those fish!

 

[lunner]

Heres another : Wait until till you see his sump

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rnmy2oqn7b8

 

[MO~IDOL]

lunner staring trouble again!...lol
i can do the same very soon cuz nice place around me opening up very soon.

 

[JLAudio]

I feel clostophobic watching that video

 

[probe dms]

that was just plain wrong. from the ocean to a sump. damn.

 

[muntai]

hong kong n most asia have display tank like that to attract buyers but i think they may move them to tanks afterwards. the prices r a lot cheaper too.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

hong kong n most asia have display tank like that to attract buyers but i think they may move them to tanks afterwards. the prices r a lot cheaper too.

Even crowded like that, the survival rate of them is much higher than most tropical fish in here. I guess it has to do with the transist. The vendor would bagged the fish and put them on a wall waiting for the customer without temeperature control for the whole day and return them to the tank by the end of the day without killing the fish. Most of us would be scared to death to keep the fish in a beg for 3 5 hours from the LFS? In fact, I heard couple guys from the swap have their fish killed by the time they arrived home for just staying couple hours in the swap. I guess we need a spy how they do it in Hong Kong.

 

[marrone]

This is quite common in HK, and not only for vendor but hobbyist too. If you do a search on MR and the web you'll find pictures and video of hobbyist tank from HK, usually in the 100-150gal range, that are over stocked with large fish, mostly Angels. They seem to work and if a fish dies they just replace it. You'll also find some pictures of large die offs, sometimes 10-20 fish.

 

[xavier]

On one side, it?s really cruel to display fishes like that. No doubts.
However, what is amazing is that they are able to keep fishes that most of us not ever think in trying to keep...then, as you said, where is the key for their success?

 

[big-nemo3]

that sump is a fish tank now

 

[lunner]

Oh there were incidents where people were bitten by sharks in HK...

And where the sharks came from? LOL from ppl's tanks...

 

[georgelc86]

What I have always found interesting is that many East Asian cultures history has always had a respect of nature and the balance between man and animal. Then you see this and i personally just say to myself wow, mankind has come a long way from killing only what you will eat to "killing" for aesthetics. It may work, but I dont agree with that. Especially the sump portion. Crazy.